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Community and providers push back on mayor’s plan to reallocate Prop C funds; commissioners seek a dedicated hearing
Summary
The mayor’s proposed two-year budget for HSH would use one-time prior-year OCO (Prop C) fund balance and reprogramming (~$40M and ~$20.6M) to expand shelter and short-term housing operations; multiple providers and commissioners objected and requested an oversight hearing. The reallocation requires a two-thirds Board vote.
Deputy Director for Finance Gigi Whitley presented the mayor’s proposed two-year budget for the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing and summarized a package of one-time and ongoing funding changes that the mayor’s office is sending to the Board of Supervisors.
Whitley said HSH’s adopted budget is $672 million and that the mayor’s proposed two-year package increases available funds on a one-time basis to about $690 million, with a second-year dip to roughly $661 million because some state one-time revenues do not recur. The proposal includes roughly $18.5 million in one-time general fund support in year one, funding for a 4% cost-of-doing-business increase for nonprofit providers and partial funding for positions added in the prior year.
Key investments Whitley highlighted include $25.5 million over two years for building upgrades and ADA/elevator repairs to older permanent supportive-housing stock, a ramp-up for rapid rehousing with $14 million in one-time funds over two years, funding for a 75-unit…
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